As Congress fights over public funding of Planned Parenthood and other budget issues, the U.S. government is again nearing another federal government shutdown. WSJ's Jerry Seib explains. Photo:AP

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... so for the last several years that into words that come out of U S Capitol in those strikes fear in the hearts of people in Washington in to some extent around the country in this two words are government shutdown ... because the maybe we wouldn't be there again but here we are were having that conversation ... in large part because of a fight over the budget which we discuss in the past and whether ... the government will fund planned Parenthood or whether as some conservatives hope ... you will cut off funding for planned Parenthood ... because of the abortion services planned Parenthood provides ... this fight Avici has been roiled by the resignation of John Binner is how speakers said he's leaving on October thirty s in part because ... he knows he's gonna have a tussle on its hands with House conservatives who are willing to shut down the government ... unit debate over planned Parenthood ... he's not willing to do that you think that's bad politics for Republicans so that's the than up to the fight to house is likely to be resolved long talk to some Republicans in recent days I think the scenario is most likely this ... John Binner does have between now and October thirty to get something was all before he departs antiquities going to try to do it probably will succeed in doing is as early as today is getting the government funded for short-term period say until December without resolving this planned Parenthood ... a problem he will also attempt before he leaves ... to come to a resolution over apparel a problem which is getting past the debt ceiling that was going into this debt ceiling will have to borrow more money will need to prove from Connor's to do that sometime in mid November I think he's going to try as one of his party acts to push that debt ceiling up ... may be up for your so so don't have a debt ceiling fight the also threatens to create some financial uncertainty but then and this is the the nub of it having to crunch time is gonna come in December that's when ... they will be ... a need to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year everyone to the town the Christmas vacation answer drizzle still one either de fund went there to shout the government down so look for the crunch time to come not now ... not in the next couple months but in December just before Christmas ...